Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., offers some insight ahead of his attendance at the U.S. Bishops’ meeting next week in Baltimore. An excerpt follows: I will join my brother bishops of the United States (USCCB) at our annual meeting in Baltimore, beginning Monday, November 15, 2021. This will be our first “in-person” meeting since 2019 due[…]
Monday, November 1 is All Saints Day. In his message for the diocesan faithful, Bishop O’Connell writes, “On this solemn Feast of All Saints, the Church invites us to reflect on the great hope that is based on Christ’s Resurrection: Christ is risen and we will also be with him. The Saints and Blesseds are[…]
Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M. and Terry Ginther, chancellor and executive director for Pastoral Life and Mission, met for the first time Oct. 21 with the newly appointed co-chairs of the diocesan phase of the XVI Ordinary Synod of Bishops: Mary Liz Ivins, former president and principal of Notre Dame High School in Lawrenceville, and[…]
Catholics of the Diocese of Trenton will be called to join their brothers and sisters across the globe in praying for and supporting the missionary work of the Church as part of the annual observance of World Mission Sunday Oct. 24. The faithful are also invited by Pope Francis to reflect on their own role[…]
The Diocese of Trenton will inaugurate the opening of the Sixteenth Ordinary Synod of Bishops on a local level Oct. 17 during a 3 p.m. Mass in St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, 151 N. Warren St., Trenton. Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., will serve as principal celebrant of the Mass which will be attended[…]
October 14, 2021 The New Jersey Catholic Conference is disheartened by the New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners announcement that they have approved rule changes that will allow non-physicians to perform abortions after 14 weeks of gestation, permit these abortions in office-based settings, and eliminate the requirement of hospital admitting privileges to medical professionals performing[…]
Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., issued messages for the special designations of Month of the Rosary and Respect Life Month. The messages can be found here. The Sixteenth Ordinary Synod of Bishops will open Oct. 10, with a Mass celebrated in St. Peter’s Basilica by Pope Francis. Every diocese throughout the world will initiate the diocesan phase[…]
Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., will once again celebrate Masses with married couples marking special wedding anniversaries – one year, 25, 50 or more years of marriage in 2021. After plans were drastically changed last year because of the global pandemic, an invitation has been extended for couples who marked milestone years of wedded bliss[…]
After a one-year Covid-related hiatus, the Annual Priest Convocation was held Sept. 14-16 in Galloway, bringing together Bishop O’Connell and about 135 priests who serve in the Diocese of Trenton. The opportunity to spend three days together in spiritual talks, prayer and fellowship was well-received by the Bishop and many of the priests attending. The keynote speaker,[…]
In a reflection on the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the U.S., Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., begins: It was a beautiful Tuesday morning in Washington, D.C., on September 11, 20 years ago. I was scheduled to concelebrate Mass later that day so I had a bit more personal time that[…]
